%0 Journal Article
%T Stephen Báthory’s attitude towards the University of Krakow
%A Graff, Tomasz
%J Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne
%V 2021
%R 10.4467/2543733XSSB.21.003.13796
%N Tom XXX
%P 13-28
%K Stephen Báthory – king of Poland, University of Krakow, Jesuits, early modern education
%@ 2451-4993
%D 2021
%U https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/ssb/artykul/stephen-bathorys-attitude-towards-the-university-of-krakow
%X 
	This research paper discusses the evolution of the attitude of Stefan Bathory (1576–1586), king of Poland, towards the University of Krakow. Being aware of the university’s obsolete structures and its functioning, the king planned to create an elite royal college, in which foreign scholars, especially Italians, were to provide education. Due to the failure of his plan, Batory changed his attitude towards the University, and became its important patron and benefactor. At the same time, however, he also contributed to the establishment of the Jesuit Vilnius University (1578/1579). The author analyses the monarch’s relations with the Krakow Alma Mater over ten years of his reign, trying to explain the circumstances and motives of his conduct towards Krakow’s university elites.